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Where does “Cartagena” come from?

Cartagena comes from Spanish Cartagena, from Latin Carthago Nova, meaning "New Carthage," a city founded by the Carthaginians in Spain.

Ancestry of “Cartagena”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SpanishCartagena—
2LatinCarthago NovaNew Carthage
3Phoenician𐤒𐤓𐤕-𐤇𐤃𐤔𐤕—
4Phoenician𐤒𐤓𐤕—

Words derived from “Cartagena”

  • Cartagenan
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